Improvement in bottle-stoppers



E. BATH.

Buttle-Stoppers'.

Patehfed'sept. 29,1874.

hotesses- UNITED VSTATES PATENT OEEIcE.

EMIL RATH, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT' IN BOTTLVE-STOPPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,546, datedSeptember 29, 1874; application filed September 11, 1874.

being provided with a stem that extends up through the head, while boththe disk and its seat are furnished with holes, the hole in the seatbeing made to communicate with a discharge-spout that emanates from theside of the head in such a manner that the disk is held up against itsseat by the pressure of the gases in the vessel to which the head isattached, and when said disk is turned in the proper direction theliquid from the bottle discharges without coming in contact with anyspring or other metal part liable to corrode, and at the same time abottle-stopper is produced which is simple, cheap, durable, and easilyoperated.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whichFigure l represents a vertical central section. Fig. 2 is a horizontalsection.

SimilarI letters indicate corresponding parts.

In this drawing, the letter A designates a head, in the interior ofwhich is formed a seat, a, against which works the disk or valve b. Thehead A is intended to be secured to the top of a bottle containingliquid under pressure, and the seat a forms the top ot a chamber, f,which communicates, by a descending pipe, B, with the interior ofthebottle. From the valve b rises a stem, c, through the top of the head A,and 011 the outer end of this stem is secured a handle, d, and betweenthe handle and the top of the head is placed a washer, e, preferablymade in the form of a spring, so that by its action the lvalve la isheld up against the seat a. The handle d is, by pret'- erence, made inthe form of an eagle, or in any other suitable ornamental form. From onesidelof the head A extends the dischargespout C, and this spoutcommunicates with the chamber f by means of a hole or port, g, extendingthrough the seat a. In the disk or 'valve b is also a hole, h, and ifsaid valve is turned in the proper position, the hole h coincides withthe port g, and the liquid from the interior of the bottle is free todischarge. This position is indicated by the handle d, which is securedto the stem of the valve in such a manner that the same points in thedirection ot' the spout C, when the valve is open, and by turning thehandle to any other position the valve is closed. The valve is facedwith india-rubber, or other suitable material which is not affected bythe liquid in the bottle; and if'the bottle is charged, the pressure ofthe gases in the same force the valve up against its seat. By thesemeans all springs can be dispensed with, and a val ve is obtained whichcloses tight, and which can be opened easily and gradually, so that theliquid from the. bottle will discharge gently, and the danger ofspilling is avoided.

My stopper can also be applied with advantage to soda-fountains, or toall vessels containing liquid under pressure.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

The disk-valve I), Working against a seat, a, in a chamber, f, formed inthe interior of a head, A, from the side of which extends thedischarge/spout C, said seat and valve being provided with holes g h,respectively, While the valve is provided with a stem carrying a handle,d, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal this 8th day of September, 1874.

EuIL RATE. [L sa Witnesses:

W. HAUFE, l E. F. KASTENHUBER.

